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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Orofac Pain. 2008 Winter;22(1):41–49.

Table 2.

The overall unadjusted and adjusted association of the Impact of Events Scale and temporomandibular pain in female monozygotic and dizygotic twins

All Twins Monozygotic Twins Dizygotic Twins
Impact of Events
Scale Score1 OR2 95% CI3 OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Unadjusted
 Lowest tercile 1.0 -- 1.0 -- 1.0 --
 Middle tercile 1.7 1.1 – 2.6 1.8 1.1 – 2.8 1.5 0.7 – 3.4
 Highest tercile 3.8 2.6 – 5.6 3.4 2.1 – 5.3 5.3 2.5 – 11.3
Ptrend < 0.01 Ptrend < 0.01 Ptrend < 0.01

Adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics,4 depression, and chronic widespread pain
 Lowest tercile 1.0 -- 1.0 -- 1.0 --
 Middle tercile 1.5 1.0 – 2.2 1.6 1.0 – 2.6 1.2 0.5 – 2.6
 Highest tercile 2.8 1.9 – 4.2 2.6 1.6 – 4.1 3.8 1.8 – 7.9
Ptrend < 0.01 Ptrend < 0.01 Ptrend < 0.01
1

Impact of Events Scale: lowest tercile= 0 – 10, middle tercile = 11 – 27, highest tercile = 28 – 55

2

OR = odds ratio

3

CI = confidence interval

4

age, marital status, education, and race